beep@piefed.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 days agoMathematicians are grappling with the possibility that AI might eclipse themwww.understandingai.orgexternal-linkmessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up160arrow-down126file-text
arrow-up134arrow-down1external-linkMathematicians are grappling with the possibility that AI might eclipse themwww.understandingai.orgbeep@piefed.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 days agomessage-square46fedilinkfile-text
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minus-squarevillage604@adultswim.fanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·20 days agoFinding a proof is different than solving a math problem.
minus-squareParlimentOfDoom@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·20 days agoYou’re right. The first is way harder and requires being able to do the second. Which it can’t.
minus-squarevillage604@adultswim.fanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-220 days agoExcept this article is literally about the response to AI doing it multiple times. https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/06/openais-math-breakthrough-played-to-ais-strengths/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ai-disproves-a-decades-old-mathematical-idea-the-biggest-conjecture-that-the-tech-has-played-a-role-in-yet-180989189/ https://patmcguinness.substack.com/p/openais-astra-tackles-mathematical The whole, “LLMs can’t do basic math,” thing is outdated.
minus-square8baanknexer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·19 days agoHow so? Particularly in intuitionist logic it would seem to me that they are the same thing.
Finding a proof is different than solving a math problem.
You’re right. The first is way harder and requires being able to do the second. Which it can’t.
Except this article is literally about the response to AI doing it multiple times.
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/06/openais-math-breakthrough-played-to-ais-strengths/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ai-disproves-a-decades-old-mathematical-idea-the-biggest-conjecture-that-the-tech-has-played-a-role-in-yet-180989189/
https://patmcguinness.substack.com/p/openais-astra-tackles-mathematical
The whole, “LLMs can’t do basic math,” thing is outdated.
How so? Particularly in intuitionist logic it would seem to me that they are the same thing.